Web sites with bullying information and links to many other useful sites:

http://www.luckyduck.co.uk
This web site features videos, books, and training materials published by Lucky Duck. The publications are listed in the following categories: bullying; self-esteem; circle time materials; special needs; social skills; equal opportunities; secondary emotional literacy; writing and movement.

Australian Bullying Site:
http://www.education.unisa.edu.au/bullying/
This web site provides information that helps people understand more about bullying in schools and how it can be stopped. It presents several Internet sources and various related articles on bullying and harassment, and current suggestions that are being made to overcome this problem.

Sample questionnaire.
http://www.education.unisa.edu.au/bullying/questdescrip.htm
This web site provides information on the Peer Relations Questionnaire (PRQ), the Peer Relations Assessment Questionnaire, and the Computer-based questionnaire known as the Relations Assessment Package (SRAP).

Canadian Bullying Site
http://www.crime-prevention.org/english/main.html
This web site provides information by the National Crime Prevention Center, which is responsible for implementing the National Strategy on Community Safety and Crime Prevention.

Scotland Bullying Site
http://www.scre.ac.uk/bully
On this web site, the Scottish Council for Research in Education (SCRE) provides extensive information about bullying and what can be done to help solve the problem.

U.S sites with bullying pages/links

Colorado Center for the Prevention of Violence
http://www.Colorado.EDU/cspv
This web site features extensive violence prevention information produced by the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV). CSPV has a threefold mission: 1) collecting research literature and resources on the causes and prevention of violence; 2) offering technical assistance for the evaluation and development of violence prevention programs; 3) maintains a basic research component on the causes of violence and the effectiveness of prevention/ intervention programs.

National School Safety Center
http://www.NSSC1.org/
This web site is devoted to providing information that helps combat school safety problems. Listings of books, resources papers, films, and workshops on school safety-related topics are provided in this web site.

National Center for Educational Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov
This web site provides data from several National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) sources including: the Condition of Education, the Digest of Education Statistics, and the Projections of Education Statistics.

Department of Justice
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
This web site provides data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Statistics are provided in the following categories: crime and victims; criminal offenders, special topics; law enforcement; prosecution; federal justice system; courts and sentencing; corrections; expenditures and employment; and criminal record systems.

National Resource Center for Safe Schools
http://www.safetyzone.org
This web site provides information for schools, communities, and state and local education agencies in hopes of creating safe learning environments and preventing school violence.

Suggested Print Resources:

American Association of University Women. (2001). Hostile hallways: Bullying, teasing, and sexual harassment. Washington, DC: Author.

Arnette, J., & Walsleben, M. (1998). Combating fear and restoring safety in schools (NCJ-167888). Washington, DC: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

Artz, S. (1998a). Sex, power and the violent school girl. New York: Teachers’ College Press.

Astor, R.A., & Meyer, H. (2001). The conceptualization of violence prone school sub-contexts: Is the sum of the parts greater than the whole? Urban Education, 36, 374-399.

Astor, R. Meyer, H., & Pitner, R. (2001). Elementary and middle school students’ perceptions of violence-prone school sub-contexts. The Elementary School Journal, 101, 511-528.

Astor, R., & Meyer, H. (1999). Where girls and women won’t go: Female students’, teachers’, and school social workers’ views of school safety. Social Work in Education, 21, 201-219.

Astor, R., Meyer, H., & Behre, W. (1999). Unowned places and times: Maps and interviews about violence in high schools. American Educational Research Journal, 36, 3-42.

Astor, R.A., Benbenishty, Pitner, R.O. & Meyer, H.A.(in press). Bullying and Peer Victimization in Schools. In P.A. Meares and M.W. Fraser (Eds.) Intervention with Children & Adolescents: An Interdisciplinary Perspective. Allyn & Bacon.

Astor, R.A., Vargas, L.A., Pitner, R.O, & Meyer, H.A. (1999). School violence: Research, theory, & practice. In J.M. Jenson and M.O. Howard (Eds.) Youth Violence: Current Research and Recent Practice Innovations. (pgs. 139-172). Washington, DC: NASW Press.

Baker, J. A. (1998). Are we missing the forest for the trees? Considering the social context of school violence. Journal of School Psychology, 36, 29-44.

Benbenishty, R., Astor, R.A., & Zeira, A. (in press). Monitoring school violence at the site level: Linking national, district, and school-level data. Journal of School Violence

Benbenishty, R., & Astor, R.A. (in press). Cultural specific and cross-cultural bully/ victim patterns. In P.K. Smith, (Ed). Violence in Schools: The Response in Europe. Routledge Falmer, London.

Hyman I.A., & Snook PA. (2000). Dangerous schools and what you can do about them. Phi Delta Kappan, 81, 7, 488-501.

Kaufman, P., Chen, X., Choy, S., Ruddy, S., Miller, A., Fleury, J., Chandler, K., Rand.,
M., Klause, P., & Planty, M. (2000). Indicators of school crime and safety, 2000. U.S. Departments of Education and Justice. NCES 2001-017/NCJ-184176.

Meyer, H.A., & Astor, R.A. (in press). Child and parent perspectives on routes to and from school in high crime neighborhoods. Journal of School Violence.

Nansel, T., Overpeck, M., Pilla, R., Ruan, W., Simons-Morton, B., & Scheidt, P. (2001). Bullying behaviors among U.S. youth: Prevalence and association with psychosocial adjustment. Journal of the American Medical Association, 285, 2094-2100.

Olweus, D. (1993). Bullying at school. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers.

Pellegrini, A., & Bartini, M. (2000). A longitudinal study of bullying, victimization, and peer affiliation during the transition from primary school to middle school. American Educational Research Journal, 37, 699-725.

Sharp, S., & Smith, P. (1994). Tackling bullying in your school: A practical handbook for teachers. London, England: Routledge.

Smith, P., Morita, Y., Junger-Tas, J., Olweus, D., Catalano, R., & Slee, P. (1999). The nature of school bullying: A cross-national perspective. New York: Routledge.

Sullivan, K. (2000). The anti-bullying handbook. Auckland, NY: Oxford University Press.